[disklavier] Managing all that mail efficiently
1999-12-06 by Todd Muncy
My experiment with the inbox assistant of
Outlook Express was very enlightening and will be a big help in managing my
e-mail. I will pass what I learned along, because you may all find it
helpful. To access it, pick it off the "Tools" menu.
Create different folders, other than the default "inbox" for various
types of incoming mail, and then program the assistant to deposit them in the
right folder based on specified criteria. For example: Set up the
following folders:
Personal Mail
Swap Group
DUG group
Spam & other
Then add the following to the criteria in the
Assistant:
1. If To: field equals your
e-mail address then move to Personal Folder
2. If To: field equals disklavier@egroups.com then move to
Swap Group Folder
3. If To: field equals dug@... then mover to DUG
Group Folder
4. Direct all mail to Spam folder.
Number 4 MUST be the last one on the list. The first
match, in order, that is encountered redirects the
retrieved mail to the appropriate folder. If nothing matches (not possible
with #4 present), mail will go to the default inbox. If you have multiple
accounts or belong to other groups, add the appropriate folders and additional
test criteria, prior to the Direct All to Spam test,
which must com last. Personally I monitor about 5 different e-mail
accounts and belong to several mail recipients group. Now whenever I push
the "Send & Receive" Button, 12 or so pieces of mail are
automatically deposited in one of 8 or 9 labeled inboxes. It's
great!
If you get a lot of mail from your friend Bill C., you could
enter a From: field test for DickHead@... and put it in
the Spam folder automatically.
Todd Muncy
tmuncy@...t.net
tmuncy@...t.net